diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index e2abe14..f6145d5 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         sys.excepthook themselves.  I guess this is a feature that
         enables them to keep running after exceptions that would
         otherwise kill their mainloop. This is a bother for IPython
-        which excepts to catch all of the program exceptions with a try:
+        which expects to catch all of the program exceptions with a try:
         except: statement.
 
         Normally, IPython sets sys.excepthook to a CrashHandler instance, so if